Weekly Livestock Market Review - June 11, 2010

The next weekly will be published on Friday, June 18, 2010
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit

CAN/US $ Jun11  96.78 Jun04  95.09 Jun12/09  89.47
BANK RATE % Jun08   .75 Jun01   .75 Jun09/09   .50

CATTLE SLAUGHTER
WEEK END  Jun05/10(prel)  May29/10(prel)  Jun06/09
CANADA      71,700          61,621          64,491
EAST        14,728          13,577          13,942
WEST        56,972          48,044          50,549
ALBERTA     56,824          47,913          50,388
WEEK END  Jun12/10(est)   Jun05/10(est)   Jun13/09
US         661,000         625,000         665,600
CANADIAN CATTLE GRADES
WEEK END  Jun05/10        May29/10        Jun06/09
A           58,637          50,853          53,290
B            1,034             719             761
D            5,325           4,373           4,258
E              560             372             189
A GRADE MARBLING (%)
WEEK END  Jun05/10        May29/10        Jun06/09
A             3.8%            3.4%            3.5%
AA           48.5%           45.6%           52.1%
AAA          47.7%           50.9%           44.4%
CANADIAN CATTLE CLASSES
WEEK END  Jun05/10(prel)  May29/10(prel)  Jun06/09
STEERS      35,964          32,324          36,384
HEIFERS     24,685          20,033          18,325
COWS        10,442           8,882           9,510
BULLS          609             382             272
CALVES       4,963           4,342           5,091

CATTLE FUTURES - US $/CWT - CLOSE Jun11/2010
MTH   LIVE      CHG            MTH   FEEDER    CHG
JUN   89.50   -1.45            AUG  110.08   +1.20
AUG   87.28   -1.35            SEP  109.85   +0.95
OCT   88.65   -1.32            OCT  109.97   +1.17
DEC   91.33   -0.42            NOV  109.30   +0.80
FEB   92.75   -0.20            JAN  108.50   +1.10
APR   94.50   +0.13            MAR  107.50   +0.70
WEEK END        Jun11/10     Jun04/10     Jun12/09
US FSP - US$/CWT  109.94       108.01        97.82

CATTLE INDICATORS
BY PROD VAL     Jun04/10     May28/10     Jun05/09
  EAST-$/HEAD      97.00        97.00        49.00
  WEST-$/HEAD        N/A          N/A        68.50
  US-US$/CWT       10.44        10.63         7.25
CURRENTNESS     Jun05/10     May29/10     Jun06/09
  ALTA-A1%         62.0%        60.6%        61.5%
  CAN-A1%          61.7%        60.3%        60.7%
FD:STR RATIO    Jun04/10     May28/10     Jun05/09
  ALTA BARLEY       26.7         27.2         23.1
                Jun05/10     May29/10     Jun06/09
  US CORN           28.5         26.3         19.4

AVG CARCASS WT  Jun05/10     May29/10     Jun06/09
  ALTA STR-LBS     797.0        805.0        815.0
  CAN STR-LBS      812.0        820.0        818.0
  US CATTLE-LBS    754.0        753.0        769.0

LATEST CATTLE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK END  Jun11/10        Jun04/10        Jun12/09
            ALBERTA RAILGRADE SALES
STR-LOW     142.75          147.25          143.85
STR-HIGH    148.85          150.85          145.00
HFR-LOW     142.75          147.25          144.00
HFR-HIGH    148.85          150.85          144.85
            ALBERTA DIRECT SALES
STR-RANGE  85.75-88.75    86.75-90.75    85.35-87.35
AVERAGE        N/A           90.06           86.69
VOLUME         N/A          19,059          13,600
HFR-RANGE  86.75-88.50    88.00-90.25    85.25-87.35
AVERAGE        N/A           89.61           86.67
VOLUME         N/A          14,432           7,852

OPEN MARKET - $/CWT
          Jun11/10        Jun04/10        Jun12/09
          STEERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A      89.26-97.59    87.31-101.61
NEBRASKA*  93.00-93.00    94.00-96.00    81.50-82.00
          HEIFERS - A1,2 AND CHOICE 2-4
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A      87.98-97.20    83.49-98.85
NEBRASKA*  93.00-93.00    94.00-95.50    81.00-82.00
          COWS - D1,2
CLYDE      55.00-64.00    55.00-63.00    40.00-45.00
SIOUX F*     62.25           68.00           47.50

          800-900 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE      95.00-105.00   95.00-103.25   93.00-100.00
PONOKA     98.00-106.75   94.00-104.00   94.00-99.00
STRATHMOR  85.00-105.00   85.00-102.00   90.00-104.00
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A      95.00-108.00   96.00-105.00
          700-800 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     103.00-113.00  103.00-110.00  100.00-108.50
PONOKA    105.00-114.00  104.00-110.00   99.50-110.00
STRATHMOR  90.00-111.00   90.00-111.00   95.00-115.00
C.NEBRAS*    N/A-N/A     112.00-120.00   96.00-103.25
          600-700 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE     112.00-120.50  112.00-120.50  112.00-118.50
PONOKA    105.00-123.00  118.00-122.00  110.00-118.00
STRATHMOR 100.00-125.00  100.00-122.00  105.00-122.00
          500-600 LB FEEDER STEERS
CLYDE        N/A-N/A     120.00-132.25  115.00-124.50
PONOKA    110.00-127.00  124.00-131.50  115.00-128.00
STRATHMOR 110.00-129.00  110.00-129.00  110.00-125.00
ONTARIO      N/A-N/A     101.00-128.00  105.00-124.00
          700-800 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE      95.00-105.25   95.00-104.00   93.00-99.75
PONOKA    100.00-108.00   98.00-104.25   90.00-98.50
STRATHMOR  80.00-102.00   80.00-102.00   90.00-105.00
          500-600 LB FEEDER HEIFERS
CLYDE     100.00-116.00  100.00-116.00  105.00-112.25
PONOKA    107.00-116.00  105.00-113.00   99.00-105.00
STRATHMOR  90.00-110.00   90.00-110.00   95.00-115.00


NOTE: * denotes price in US Dollars

PRELIM LIVE ANIMAL TRADE - WEEK ENDING May28/2010
CATTLE       FROM US     TO US     TO US     TO US
                SLTR      SLTR       FDR      HOGS
CANADA             0    13,559     4,928    18,996
EAST               0     3,305        80     7,771
WEST               0    10,254     4,848    11,225

BEEF WHOLESALE PRICES - $/CWT
WEEK ENDING     Jun11/10     Jun04/10     Jun12/09
CALGARY-STRS     N/A-N/A      N/A-N/A      166-166
CDA CUTOUT AAA       N/A       170.45       170.73
CDA CUTOUT AA/A      N/A       168.53       162.62

US BOXED BEEF CUTOUT - US $/CWT
WEEK END        Jun11/10     Jun04/10     Jun12/09
CHOICE 6-900      156.70       162.48       139.78
SELECT 6-900      148.28       154.78       132.83

HOG SLAUGHTER
WEEK END  Jun05/10(prel)  May29/10(prel)  Jun06/09
CANADA     405,716         332,955         406,971
EAST       242,122         197,580         243,627
WEST       163,594         135,375         163,344
ALBERTA     53,777          42,940          49,307
WEEK END  Jun12/10(est)   Jun05/10(est)   Jun13/09
US       2,026,000       1,791,000       2,078,900

HOG CASH PRICES - INDEX 100 - $/KG
WEEK END  Jun10/10        Jun03/10        Jun11/09
ALTA AVG     1.379           1.405           1.078
ONT AVG        N/A             N/A           1.148
INTERIOR IOWA MINNESOTA HOG CASH PRICES
WEEK END        Jun11/10     Jun04/10     Jun12/09
US $/CWT           75.03        76.19        55.65
CAN EQVT $/KG      1.479        1.528        1.187
US PORK CARCASS CUTOUT
US $/CWT           83.62        85.79        56.21
HOG FUTURES - US$/CWT       CAN/US$ CLOSE Jun11/2010
MTH   LEAN      CHG            MTH   FUTURES   CHG
JUN   77.78   -1.27            JUN   .9640 +0.0205
JUL   78.55   -1.17            SEP   .9635 +0.0205
AUG   80.35   -0.43            DEC   .9624 +0.0202
OCT   73.50   -0.58            MAR   .9601 +0.0193
DEC   72.00   +1.05            JUN   .9578 +0.0189
FEB   73.10   +1.75            SEP   .9555 +0.0185
HOG INDICATORS
WEEK END            Jun05/10   May29/10   Jun06/09
  AV DRSD WT US-LBS    204.0      204.0      203.0
FD:HOG RATIO        Jun04/10May28/10Jun05/09
  US CORN               23.1       21.5       13.2
                    Jun04/10   May28/10   Jun05/09
  ALTA BARLEY           15.1       15.8       10.8
SHEEP AND LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to Jun10/2010
             MARKET LAMBS - FEEDER LAMBS     SHEEP
             (95-109 LBS)     (<80 LBS)    (ALL WTS.)
ONTARIO      162.91-174.76  162.47-205.66     N/A
TEXAS (US$)        N/A        135.00      55.00$/CWT
MARKET LAMB PRICES - Most Recent Sale to Jun03/2010
CENTRAL ALTA 144.00-153.60
(INNISFAIL)